10:37 PM,
Apr. 5, 2013

Spring in the Air gives trainer Mark Casse his first Keeneland stakes win by taking the Grade I Alcibiades.

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With two of the three graded-stakes winners in Saturday's Central Bank Ashland Stakes, trainer Mark Casse was asked if a 1-2 finish is possible.

"I would never predict that," he said with a laugh. "I just want one of them up there."

Casse appears to have a solid shot as his Spring Venture and Spring in the Air - both daughters of Spring at Last - are among the top betting choices in the $500,000, Grade I Ashland, a leading prep race for the Kentucky Oaks on May 3 at Churchill Downs. ...